#SCOTUS sides against #Alabama #Republicans on #VotingRights
Alabama flouted #court orders to propose its latest #CongressionalMap. State Republicans then wanted the justices' help.
But the #SupremeCourt decided against #AlabamaRepublicans ongoing quest to #discriminate against #BlackVoters while #litigation continues in the case.
The court issued the orders on Tuesday without noted dissents from any justices.
Alabama Republicans Refuse to Create New Majority-Black District: “The Quintessential Definition of Noncompliance”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/alabama-republicans-refuse-new-majority-black-district
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Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black district
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-redistricting-voting-rights-act-3d7a5c9e85c8a11b20ae732cfe68cfd4
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Alabama Republicans have rejected proposals to create a second majority Black voting district, despite an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional district boundaries. Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday. That comes after the high court in June affirmed a lower-court ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a single Black district — likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Republicans have been resistant to creating a second Democratic-leaning district. On Monday they proposed a map that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the 2nd congressional district from about 30% to 42%. Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case had proposed a district that is 50% Black.
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